Cigar box



Patented July 7, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT CFFICE Application June 18,

1 Claim.

The invention relates to a box construction and more especially to a cigar box.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a box of this character, wherein there is accessible at the lid side of the same a cornpartment for containing protective pocket packs usable for the reception of cigars taken from the box and their carriage in the pocket of a person, these packs being adapted when containing the cigars to prevent breakage of the latter during their carriage.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a box of this character, wherein the body thereof is made with two compartments, one for accommodating cigars and the other for wrappers for the cigars, the latter being readily brought to serving position so that when cigars are removed from the box the wrappers can receive the same for protective purposes.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a box of this character, which is extremely simple in construction, thoroughly reliable and effective in its purpose, neat and attractive in appearance, strong, durable and inexpensive to manufacture. v

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, which discloses the preferred embodiment of the invention and pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a box constructed in accordance with the invention with the lid in raised position.

Figure 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view thereof showing the wrappers or packs partly projected from the box.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views in the drawing.

Referring to the drawing in detail, A designates generally a box of that type for the holding of cigars and its body 5 carries a lid 6 at the open top thereof, this lid being hinged or swingingly connected with the body for opening and closing movements.

Arranged within the body 5 close to the front 1935, Serial No. 27,257

wall thereof and parallel therewith is an upstanding partition I the opposite ends of which are xedly joined with the ends adjacent thereto of the box body 5 so that the interior of the body is guided into independent compartments 5 8 and 9, respectively, these being freely accessible through the open top of said body.

Adapted to be contained within the compartment 8 are cigars I while receivable in the compartment 9 are protective pocket packs or wrapl0 pers II, these being of conventional kind so that when cigars are served from the box the same may be placed within the packs or wrappers for preventing breakage of the cigars when carried in the pocket of a person.

Fitted within the compartment 9 is a lift sheet I2 which is folded on itself into substantially U form to be tucked deeply within the compartment 9, it being of a length corresponding to the length of the compartment and at the innermost longer 20 edge I3 thereof is an attaching tab I 4 which is secured in any suitable manner to the partition I while at the outer longer edge I5 of the sheet is a pull tab I6 which is free of the front wall of the body 5 but is extended over the top edge thereof 25 and outwardly with relation thereto. The Wrappers or packs are carried Within the sheet I2 which constitutes a lifting saddle therefor so that when a pull is had upon the tab I6 the wrappers in the saddle as contained within the compartment 9 3o will be lifted or projected through the open top of the body 5 for easy grasping of the same or access thereto. Normally the packs or wrappers II are lowered within the compartment 9 when within the sheet I2 so as not to interfere with 35 the closing of the lid 6 when the box A is shut.

What is claimed is:

In a box of the kind described, a body having a plurality of compartments therein and open at its top, the compartments being arranged from the 40 front to the rear of said body, and a lifter sheet downwardly looped into the foremost compartment and having its rear end fixed inwardly of the body and its. outer end passed freely over the body and outwardly beyond the front thereof for the projecting of articles when seated Within the loop of the lifter sheet and within the compartment Acontaining the latter.

WALTER M. WOOLFSON. 

